Sooty

The surprisingly turbulent history of Sooty

Flying pizza, a fake pregnancy and other tales from the world's longest-running kids' TV show.

Sooty at 70: Magic, water pistols & enduring popularity

When Harry Corbett bought a bear glove puppet on Blackpool's North Pier in 1948 to entertain his children, he could surely not have realised he was teaming up with a future TV icon.

Archive: 13 January 1968: BBC may lose Sooty to ITV

After 15 years, and about 200 programmes, dear old Auntie is showing signs of disenchantment with the puppet's creator Harry Corbett.

Oldest known Sooty puppets for sale on Gumtree

The oldest known collection of Sooty puppets is up for sale on Gumtree - for £5,000.

Sooty set for his big screen debut

Britain's favourite yellow glove puppet bear Sooty is bracing himself for his big screen debut, RadioTimes.com can reveal.

Grown-ups who remember Sooty from the first time round will enjoy a thrilling flashback here as the Black Hand, Sooty's nemesis from the early 1980s, returns. Once known as a master of disguise, despite sporting a distinctive yellow and black outfit, the Black Hand is now played by Joe Pasquale. Detectives Secret Sooty and Agent Bone are brave enough to take him on, but will his exploding beans prove a challenge too far?

Sooty, Sweep and Richard Cadell interview

Sooty and Sweep are undoubtedly one of the great comedy double acts, and they have a brand new series out this month. I spoke to their current handler, Richard Cadell, about the longest running kids TV show in history.